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The world’s Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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A new Foot and Mouth vaccine; The growing threat of chemical weapons falling into the wrong hands; Why extinct animals may someday roam the earth once again Show more
Over to You
More Or Less: Predicting Kenyan election results
10 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
The editor of More Or Less explains the complexities of predicting the recent Kenyan election results in response to a letter from a listener. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
A review of the week with the latest news.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
A review of the week with the latest news.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
A review of the week with the latest news.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Hardening of mummies’ arteries in the ancient world; Africa’s famine fighting tree foods; The most exciting discoveries in science being played out in the human body Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
World Book Club
John Grisham - A Time To Kill
53 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
This month World Book Club are guests of the American Embassy in London and Harriett Gilbert and a studio audience will be talking to US superstar thriller writer John Grisham. Show more
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The world’s Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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Heart and Soul
Beyond The War: Faith and Culture In West Africa
27 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
What is the state of faith in Mali one year on after the Islamist coup? Show more
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The Forum
Obsessions, new and old, in literature and technology
41 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
It is only human to become obsessive about an idea or a person at some point in our lives but can literature or technology help alleviate this compulsion? Show more
Over to You
More Or Less: Predicting Kenyan election results
10 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
The editor of More Or Less explains the complexities of predicting the recent Kenyan election results in response to a letter from a listener. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The world’s Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Why are attitudes towards older people often so negative? Mike Williams talks to older people, and the young, and asks how might we re-think this period of our lives. Show more
It's the fourth anniversary of the earthquake which devastated the city of L'Aquila in Italy which led to the conviction of six scientists and an official. Show more
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How did James Brown keep the streets of Boston quiet after the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968? Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Has India changed since December's brutal gang rape? John Kerry in Turkey; Simon Schama on Amsterdam's reopened Rijksmuseum.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Unexpected Elements
Dark matter, reversing extinction and ancient heart disease
50 minutes
on BBC World Service Online
Has the elusive dark matter been found? Should animals be bought back from extinction? And ancient mummies show that heart disease isn't just a modern condition. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The world’s Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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Productivity is rising in America but falling in the UK while the employment figures move in the opposite direction. Peter Day examines this productivity paradox. Show more
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“The white dress? I can still get into it” Mick Jagger Show more
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Newshour
Luxembourg to loosen banking secrecy
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Tax havens scrutinised; Blog del Narco's author on Mexico violence; ambush in Niger Delta
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
World Book Club
John Grisham - A Time To Kill
53 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
This month World Book Club are guests of the American Embassy in London and Harriett Gilbert and a studio audience will be talking to US superstar thriller writer John Grisham. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
From Our Own Correspondent
Weekend Edition 6 April: Single ladies
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Recent dispatches on the Foreign Legion in Mali, German small business, bedbugs plaguing the Swiss Army, trotting races in Italy and attitudes to single women in South East Asia. Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Hardening of mummies’ arteries in the ancient world; Africa’s famine fighting tree foods; The most exciting discoveries in science being played out in the human body Show more
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The world’s Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
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Like football, science is an international endeavour complete with its own stars and prima donnas. Alok Jha investigates what it takes to make a winning team.
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The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
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Boston Calling
Joseph Kony’s war in graphic novel form
27 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
A new graphic novel, Army Of God: Joseph Kony's War In Central Africa, shines a light on the Ugandan warlord wanted by the International Criminal Court. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The world’s Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Why are attitudes towards older people often so negative? Mike Williams talks to older people, and the young, and asks how might we re-think this period of our lives. Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Slovenia, Bulgaria and the UK
10 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Nick Thorpe on why the economic destinies of the richest and poorest ex-Eastern Bloc states are converging; Ben Rawlence on a still-wintry Wales, missing the usual sounds of spring Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The Forum
Obsessions, new and old, in literature and technology
41 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
It is only human to become obsessive about an idea or a person at some point in our lives but can literature or technology help alleviate this compulsion? Show more
It's the fourth anniversary of the earthquake which devastated the city of L'Aquila in Italy which led to the conviction of six scientists and an official. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
“The white dress? I can still get into it” Mick Jagger Show more
